By Mike Loveday
ESPNRISE.com

Archbiship Curley's Joe Petrides becomes one of the latest Maryland athletes to verbally commit to college. The senior lineman committed to the University of Akron two weeks ago, according to head coach Sean Murphy.

The 6-foot-5, 250-pound Petrides was being recruited by Buffalo, Akron, UConn, Richmond, James Madison, Delaware & New Hampshire with Buffalo and Akron making early offers.  Coach Mauro Monz recruited him from Akron.

"I think Joe has the athleticism, work ethic, leadership as well as a nasty streak on the field  that will enable him to be a very good D-1 player," Murphy said via e-mail. "He had a great season for us.  He helped us finish with an 8-3 record.  We were 25 - 9 during his three years as a starter on the varsity.  The best three-year record in the history of our school. He finished with 77 tackles, 17 unassisted, six sacks, six knocked down passes and a blocked kick.  On offense, we rushed for over 3,200 yards, most coming from behind Joe."

Other news and notes: Tuscarora looks to have another highly touted recruit for next season. The 6-foot-6, 312-pound Hansen Barrick has been gaining college interest. The junior lineman took an unofficial visit to the University of Virginia for the Clemson game, according to Barrick's father. Over Thanksgiving weekend Barrick took in the Georgia Tech vs. Georgia held at Georgia.

Good Counsel's Mike Wallace has also been seeing increased college interest.  The 5-foot-10, 180-pound defensive back picked up an offer from Stony Brook just before the WCAC championship game two weeks ago. That offer puts the senior up to six with Stanford, Army, Monmouth, Bryant and Towson all having officially made offers.

MDVarsity.com will have more recuriting information in the coming weeks as the regular season ends and the offseason begins.

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